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ased, since the same pri oth of August) to come se the French amballatra n, on pretext of the best

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acknowledge the portes nvention: that it has

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be the consequence to which had terminated in the mur- it has also received the chiefs of
Pitt proceeded to form to have acknowledged them
eason given by the core Aluch a moment, when the power having stopped supplies of grain

de of their king. Would it have the rebels of the French West-In-
been becoming in our government dia colonies.”
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With respect to the charge of In the declarativa de bir had affumed was thus cruelly and other commodities intended the Cabinet of se

, desde und unjustly exercised against that for France, what could be more

per authority which they usurped? ridiculous than such a pretext?

The following articles of the When there was reason to appredeclaration were then collectively hend that France meditated an at

tack upon the allies of this country * That the court of St. James's and against the country itself, upon ; that, fince the core bus attempted to impede the differ- which it depended for the stores

ent purchases of corn, arms, and and ammunition neceffary for carother commodities ordered in Eng- rying on hostilities ; could we land

, either by French citizens or therefore be such children in unthe agents of the republic. derstanding, and such traitors in

That it has caused to be stop- principle, as to furnish to our ene

ped several boats and ships loaded mies the means of hoftility and he French republic

, albe with grain for France, contrary to the instruments of offence ! - The d with letters of credit the treaty of 1786, while exporta- French also conhdered it as a very

tion to other foreign countries was offensive act in the British governChauvelin had been reue free.

ment, that it had not permitted court as ambaffador de " That in order still more effec- aflignats to be circulated in this nd in no other chance taally to obftru& the commercial country. They had truly great ne period of the buipen operations of the republic in Eng- reason to be offended that we would ing, he, for some met hand

, it obtained an a&t of parlia- not receive what was worth noo hold

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ment prohibiting the circulation of thing; and that, by exercising an e government here

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act which came completely within ny capacity: nor was i « That in violation of the fourth our own sovereignty, with respect 7th of December they article of the treaty of 1986, it ob- to the circulation of any foreign ived his letter of credere tained another act, in the month of paper currency, we thus avoided re as the ambaffade de January last, which subjects all a gigantic fystem of swindling. epublic. When theel French citizens, residing in, or Of the same nature was the preredence had been teale oming into England, to forms the text respecting the alien bill, which

were refused; but it as molt inquifitorial, vexatious, and was provided to fhield us from the sidered whether it will dangerous.

artifice of the feditious, and per* That at the same time, and haps from the dagger of the aitarem, after the repeated iontrary to the ist article of the fin. This bill the French confif offence, for which fee of 1983, it granted protec- dered as an infringement of the tion had been made; altro and pecuniary aid not only to treaty of commerce : but how was

indeed, every freth tr the emigrants, but even to the that poffible, when it was expreilly not only a repetition chiefs of the rebels, who have al- declared in the treaty itself

, that ation. And befides d ready fought againti France; that no act was to be confidered as an moment, it was to be t

it has maintained with them a daily infringement, unless proper erplathey were embarked i canelpondence, evidently directed nation has first taken place. The It and inhuman proce againft the French revolution : that next ground afligned in the decla

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at a moment when the English cution of Louis, he carried his out. To

ration, was the armament which to calumnies and violation of trea. had taken place in this country, ties only by remonftrances, found

The next reason alligned was ed on the principles of justice, and " That, in the same spirit, with expressed with the diguity of free out any provocation, and when men; the English minister has all the maritime powers are at persevered in his fysiem of malevopeace with England, the cabinet lence and hoftility, continued the of St. James's has ordered a confi- armaments, and sent a squadron to derable naval armament, and an the Scheldt to disturb the opera, augmentation of the land forces." tions of the French in Belgium. That this armament was ordered “ That, on the news of the exe.

minister was bitterly perfecuting rages to the French Republic to
thote who supported the principles such a length, as to order the am-
of the French rerolution in Eng, bassador of France to quit the Brie
land, and was employing all polli- tish territory within eight days.
ble means, both in parliament and “ That the king of England has
out of it, to cover the French re manifested his attachment to the
public with ignominy, and to draw caute of that traitor, and his defign
upon it the execration of the Eng- of lupporting it by different hostile
liil pation, and of all Europe." refolutions adopted in his council,

But under what circumstances, both by nominating generals of his said Mr. Pitt, had the armament land army, and by applying to parcomplained of taken plaee ? At liament for a confiderable addition the period when the French, by of land and fea forces, and putting the their condu&t with regard to the fhips of war in commiflion. treaty of the Scheldt, manifested Here, as on every other occafion their intention to disregard the where the opportunity offers, the obligation of all treaties, and had French Convention display their discovered views of unbounded enmity to the British conftitution, conqueft. It was surely neceffary by taking every opportunity to feat such a time to take measures of parate the king of England from precaution, and to oppofc with de- the nation, and by addretling the termination those designs which people as distinct from the governthreatened no common danger to ment.---Another ground which the our allies and to ourselves.

French had afligned for their vinThe succeeding articles of com- dictive resentment against us, was plaint on the part of the French, the grief which had been expressed

in the British court at the fate of “ That the object of this arma- their unhappy monarch, Thus it ment, intended against France, appears that they make war upon was not even disguiled in the Eng- us, first, because we love our conlish parliament.

stitution; secondly, because we “That although the provisional deteft their proceedings; and, latte cxecutive council of France has ly, because we presumed to grieve cmployed every ineasure for pre- at the death of their murdered serving peace and fraternity with king. Thus would they deprive. the English nation, and has replied us of the last resource of humanity,

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to mourn over the vi&tims of fore ents, where the cause was their

and injustice. It might be protection and security. It had kind of them, in the emphatic been afferted, he observed, that rets of the Roman writer. Quis the present war was a war of kings patus populo Romano liber erit ?

against men; but in this country, They would not only endeavour to the constitution of which is a lia stroy our political exittence, and mited monarchy, he considered the * deprive us of the privileges king as the key stone of it; and rich we enjoyed as subjects of that to declare war against the the most excellent constitution, but king, is to declare war against the they would eradicate our feelings people. If it were afked, he said, 2 menn ; they would make crimes what we should get by going to cí our fympathies, which were ex war; we shall get, he would ancited by the distresses of our com- swer, just what we thould lose by La nature. They would repress not going to war.--There were az fighs and refirain our tears, many who aflerted that the consti11., except the specific fact, tution of tliis country had not been Etich was alledged as a ground of in danger; but he declared it to be dicir declaration of war, namely, his honeti opinion that it had rea the accession of his majesty to the cently been in danger, from the beaty between Auftria and Pruflia, combinations of bad men at home;

sich had turned out to be entirely and for his part, he less feared the ing 0917 fulie and unfounded, or the aug- arrows that fly by day, than the le adi pentation of our armament, a mea- pestilence that walketh by night. ud pärijire of precaution, indifpenfibly Mr. Fox faid, if the minister on."

maeflary for the safety of the had moved an address, fimply aler occa

cruntry and the protection of its ledging the cordial co-operation of ,

alies, all the others were nothing the House in prosecuting a just
more tban unjult, absurd, and fri- and necessary war to a safe and
uchus pretexts; which never could honourable peace, to such an ada
have been brought to justify a dress, whatever might have been
peature, of which they were not bis opinion of the previous con-
previoutly and strongly desirous ; duct of ministers, whether he had

and which thewed that, instead of thought it temperate and conciliasbiche

rating for provocation, they only tory, or arrogant and provoking,
iraught a pretence of aggreflion. he should have agreed. But the
Afar fome further observations on Houte was now called upon to
the conduct of France, Mr. Pitt vote that ministers had given no

parded to move an address, in caufe or provocation for the war, Thai arter to his majesty's metlage. to give them indemnity for the

Mr. Powys seconded the address. paft, and support for the future,
He thought it the duty of every This was the manifest tendency of

run to stand forward on the pre- the address; and to prevent the di buli

Sent occation, in support of the go- want of unanimity, which such an
fernment and conttitution of the address could not but occafion, he
country. He promised to take up- thould move an amendment, in
0a Limself the responsibility of which, he trusted, the warmest
Lising burthens upon his conttity. advocate of the war might concur.

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But he must first examine the al- with whom, in his opinion, they ledged causes of the war. They were at war as much as with the were, as it appeared to him, in no emperor. Would it be said that respect different now from what it was our business only to comthey were under the government plain, and theirs to propose fatisof Louis XIV. or Louis XVI. fiction? Common fente must lec What then were these causes? not that this was expecting too much frame an insult or aggression, but a re- from one independent power to anfusal of satisfaction when specifi- other. cally demanded: what instance There was much in the decree, Dia had minifiers produced of such de- by which the French declare war, mand and of such refusal? He ad which could not be fairly alledged Lê mitted that the decree of Novem- as just cause of war. But under ber 19th, entitled this country to the former good government of Jequire an explanation ; but even France, was it unusual to croud of this they could not thew that into a manifesto, setting forth the any clear and specific explanation causes of war, every complaintsoi had been demanded. Security that could be imagined, good bad, that they would not act upon that and indifferent? decree was indeed mentioned in To have fuffered earl Gower to do? one of Lord Grenville's letters, remain at Paris, after the 10th of but what kind of security, was Auguft, would have implied no reneither specified nor even named. cognition of the government whiclı The fame might be said with re- fucceeded that to which he had fpect to the opening of the Scheldt, his formal million, any more than and their conquest of Brabant. We to have negotiated with that gocomplained of an attack on the vernment in the most fafe and dirights of our ally; we remonttrated rect way, in preference to one that against an accession of territory, was the most indirect and hazardalarming to Europe ; but we pro- ous. But the minister, who could posed nothing that would be ad- not get rid of the idea of recognimitted as satisfaction for the in- tion, exclaimed, " Would you rejury; we pointed out nothing that cognize a government which by its would remove our alarm. Lord own confession is no government; Grenville faid something about which declares itself only provisional withdrawing their troops from the till a government can be framed?" Austrian Netherlands; but if by This he would answer was the that was understood a requisition fafest of all recognitions, if a reto withdraw their troops, while cognition it must be; for the gothey were at war with the empe- vernment being only provifional, ror, without any condition that we could only be understood to resuch evacuation of territory con- cognize provisionally, and were at quered from the enemy was to be liberty to a& as the cafe might rethe price of peace, it was such an quire, with any other power that insult as entitled them to demand might arise in its stead. But did fatisfaction of us. The same argu- not history thew us, that to treat ment applied to their conquest of and to recognize were not confiSavoy from the king of Sardinia, dered as the fame? Did not we

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very time that we were at has been said to arise from precedta to dispute his succeflion; and ing circumstances; and according ou not the recognition of his title to these circumitances, it might be

from being considered as ad- a juttifiable or unjuttifiable, act of Eitted by us on that account, ac- hostility : but it was an act of hotmelly ftipulated as an article of the tility to severe, that the circumpace? Did not France, when at stances which justified it would Far to dispute the accession of have justified a war, and no tuch William III. to the throne of Eng- circumítances, he believed, could Lund, treat with him as king, and be thewn). The alien bill was not 52 not the recognition of his title a just cause of war, but it was a ali nade one of the conditions of violation of the commercial treaty, peace? Still, however, he would both in the letter and the fpirit, alut

, that withdrawing our, mi- The minister, indeed, had said that taže, or not sending another, was the French had made regulations but a jutt cause of war on the part in their own country, by which of France; but could it be denicu, the treaty had been already com

that to treat one nation in a man- pleatly broken and at an end. But 1 Gors

per diferent from others was a did lie complain of those regulalymptom of hottility?

tions; for it was expreilly provided plied is

Noue of the alledged grounds by the treaty itself, that no violain the French declaration could be tion should put an end to it, till pare absurd, than that the circu- complaint was made and redress lation of their atlignats were pro- was refused.Our lending a squa

bibited in this country; for that was dron to the Scheldt, was complainfe and

purely a measure of internal regu- ed of by the French as an injury. lativa, as much as it would be to And here ministers introduced the pishibit the circulation of paper popular topic of their charming

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among ourselves that per- operations in Belgium; the difbaps food on a much lurer capital. turbance of which they thought But even here we were not quite themselves intitled to resent as an inpartial; for although that paper aggretlion. He was as little difwas called worth nothing which at poled to defend their operations in pacient brought fourtcen pence Belgium as any other gentleman, huipenny for half-a-crown, the although he law not for what purper created by that gigantic act pose they were here alluded to, unclwindling, the allignats issued lets to infiame the paflions, and

brihe leaders of the combined ar- millead the judginent; but if by theo

mais, were not certainly worth that iquadron we had disturbed tacre, but we had not thought it them in their operations of war rceilary to forbid the circulation against the emperor, which he adof tben; we had not prohibited mitted we had not done, they the circulation of American paper would have had just cause to coniecen during the war, nor was it at plain. Then, fays the right hon. ail neceflary, such paper wanted no gentleman, they complain of our prohibition.

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